Cathal Lindsay Artist

Fucking hell. I'm disgusted by this.

Foreshortening male figure in chalk and pencil.

Elongated male figure in chalk and pencil. With blocky shapes in background.

male figure in chalk and pencil.

5 studies of a male figure in chalk, pen, marker and pencil. 2 mins each.

Long over due image post. Life drawing from tonight.
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Small A4 oil painting on canvas boars. Study of facial anatomy. On a postbox red background a pale white expressionless face looks to the left. The painting is focused on the face; the plains and the muscle structures. The brushwork is expressionistic.

Oil on A4 canvas board. Depiction of a face on the left with a two fingered hand on the right. I'm still not happy with this. The composition, the colour balance, it all feels off. The work reminds me of Munch. It just needs a something

10"x 10" oil on canvas. I've added anatomy parts as a kind of study over an old naff painting. I was really just playing. Over a ground of random black, green and white letter forms; a partial study of a hand has been painted in white, out lined in r red and black. The hand points up the canvas. To left of this a yellow smear contains the very basic and subtly rendered eye and nose. More will currently not be done on this. Possibly.

Long time no post. Just been feeling a bit burnt out from the socials.

But I have been working away. From yesterday

7 posed figures drawn in various poses. Each drawing took 2 mins. Drawn in pen on tan paper.

Drawing of a nude figure in sharpie.

Some figure studies from yesterday.

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I'll be there most days and will be more than happy to chat!

At some point I'll take stock and look at how my work connects and analyse it more in depth.

Read more theory and push the concept in what ways feel right.

I want more translucency and layers for definite. Movement feels very important.

Line graph cypher. It is drawn on graph paper. Using Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue and Purple to sequence the order of the words. Y-axis ranges from 0 to 26 X-axis ranges from 0 to 26 (The X-axis is unused here, but relates to a development I want to utilise later) Each letter of a word corresponds to a value between 1 and 26. A is 1, B is 2, ..... 25 is Y and 26 is Z. Each word is a separate colour. Beneath the graph is written 'Against Bigotry and Hatred Blindboy Podcast' as this is what I was listening to at the time. Human errors where I've marked the wrong coordinate for the letter in the word can be seen. The cypher is quite basic at the moment. It is a get the idea out and develop it cypher sketch.

Another quick cypher sketch. This is again drawn on graph paper. It shows a 5x5 grid of letters. Top Left to Bottom right It reads E M N P A Z L B C/K Q Y J U D R X H G F S I W V T O Beneath the grid forms of crosshatching are shown. Along the bottom a circle with a line attached is drawn. It looks like a lolly on its side. Followed by the same twice more with some minor differences. The second lolly has a slight arch in its line. The 3rd lolly has the arch and a dot in the middle of the circle.

Section of a cypher sequence based on simple divisions of a square. Drawn on graph paper.

A cypher sketch using a 2 x 2 grid. It turns to colour and cross hatching towards the bottom. I've forgotten exactly what and how the cypher worked, but the colours and cross hatching would indicate that I had intended to layer the cypher 3 levels deep. Red / blue/ crosshatch Red and blue would give purple which would key you into knowing that section codes Red and blue. I like to code packets of information.

Hill üw. Been very quiet on this profile. I've deleted my insta and FB profiles. Still looking for a decent insta replacement.
Today I have gone and developed more cyphers and code.

Thank you. I shall put stuff up BY myself in future. You'd think I'd have learnt after Christmas.

A wide-angle shot of my studio space this morning. It looks like it's a mess. Light is streaming in from the upper right. A variety of paintings are strewn along the left-hand side of the space. Figurative work, geometric doodles, geometric cyphers, pure abstract works and blank boards and canvases Dotted throughout the studio are one or two toys, containers, bricks, a random hat and some storage To be honest, looking at the photo I feel like I need to find Wally (Waldo for our friends in the US)

A bare corner of my studio in which I have placed 3 sets of shelving.

A shot of the left-hand side of my studio space. Lengths of 2x4 have been attached to the plasterboard. In the foreground to the extreme left is my lovely cardi which has daisies on it.

A wide-angle shot of my studio as of Friday. I've pushed all my artwork and bags and boxes and detritus back into the space. The next step is to organise it all.

The studio is coming together. I put these shelves up myself. I wish I hadn't as I got splinters in my bum.

Being the DIY god I am it took me forfuckingever. No swearing though. Lots of confusion and looking for stuff I just had in my hand.

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Open Sheffield is in May so I've reluctantly been using up shelving and sorting my studio out.

I rue my reluctance to do this. My studio has opened up and there is a concrete sense of accomplishment.

The block to do this is worth investigating. What causes it and what do I think I'm losing?

That would be ace as carrots on a cloud

Work in progress The grey MDF board has diagonal and vertical lines etched into it. The central mass is of 9 hexagons. Each Hexagon is a word. They are linked by single twisting greyish-white line. This line is woven through selected parts of each Hexagon. I like the off centre nature of it, but wonder if it should be more balanced.

Wip Like the previous image the board is inscribed with diagonals. The image consists of 8 hexagons of varying sizes. It is very roughly painted, with little respect for edges. The colour of this board is a pale cold blue( titanium white 60% and ultramarine blue 40% with added medium and charcoal stain) The hexagons are painted black and blue. The black is graphite and oil medium. There is currently no labyrinthine line linking the hexagons. There will be in time.

And with yesterday's work I've got all 6 of the current hexcyphers plotted (?) out on my boards. My big focus now will be getting the studio ready for open up Sheffield. Then choosing pallets for the 6 works.
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5 hexagons connected via white wriggling line. The other spaces in the hexagons are painted in a relatively flat manner. The surface of the board is scored. The colours used are thin washes of cadmium yellow and cadmium orange with a little raw umber and alizarin crimson mixed in. Very very small amounts. The colours are liable to be altered a bit but essentially the pallet will be yellow, orange and grey. I might not be able to resist putting some blues into it.

A detail of the image showing the scored and textured surface of the work.

Another detail shot showing the surface and a closer look at the white line.

A final detail shot showing the marks I will be making in a mixture of charcoal, pencil, and paint. They are also a cypher but based on the celt ogham system. The play between the ancient written systems and the digital binary system I use in the hexagons makes me all silly happy. 😜

Finally it feels like there is a functional process to these hexcyphers.

Ideas and theoretical research are starting to connect with the physical objects.

ch/ng//sth//nlyc/nst/nt(wip)
Oil on panel. 60cm x 60cm
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A 60cm x 60cm work on primed MDF. The image has diagonal lines set at 60º and 2 cm apart filling the back ground. The lines have been carved into the board with a blade. There are 5 hexagons of varying sizes. Each Hexagon contains concentric hexagons at 2 cm intervals. Each 2 cm interval represents a letter. The uppermost hexagon has 6, and the largest has 8. Each Hexagon is rendered in 2 ways. They have sections painted in either red/orange which are currently flat. Or they have a mix of cadmium yellow and titanium white wriggling through them. The wriggling line is a path through each of the hexagons. The single path is a labyrinth. There is one entrance, one route and one exit. The background is still a puzzle for me, but I have ideas for how to complete it. I will post updates to the image as it progresses.

As promised a closer shot of the hexagon cypher work.

The phrases I'm encoding are ones that I've used during my therapy. Either directly or inspired by.

I've yet to write up the research behind the work.

Loose pen drawing of a model from lifedrawing. She is depicted seated on a stool. The pose was 10 minutes i think. I would have loved more time on the pose.

Wednesdays life model completed in pencil and charcoal. The pose was around 20 -25 minutes long. Some proportions are a bit off, but I spotted them and just ran out of time to properly readjust them. I want to be so much better with the proportions so i can work more loosely. I think I'm itching to try a figure study in oil. But i have so many prodjects already on the go.

The major thing i wanted to show was the hexagonal image in the picture. Its a kind of grey cadmium yellow at the moment and very loosely painted in. The red painting to the left was completed in lifedrawing. I will add some subtle details in the background. On the wall from left to right. A semi abstract figure study. In warm and grey hues. An abstract. The focus was to enjoy moving the paint. Which i did. Another figure study this time laid down with an orange patch in the background. A small moody self portrait when my beard was free and wild.

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Some images from life drawing last night and a shot of work I'm painting or thinking about.

I'll post a close up of the hexagon image another comment.
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I think the orange red at the bottom shouls stay and may be a thin uneven ribbon of it at the top. But thats just my spooky opinion.

Looks good, wish i had the time to go see it. I hope it goes well

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That's why it would never happen. But the honesty would be refreshing and as you said horrific 🤣

Heh to be honest that would be ace to see though. President Markov 2032

Haha I was trying to link that to 'open up Sheffield'
The link ended at openshell which I misread
Haha apologies

Drawn on graph paper with an underlying structure.

Simple rules producing complexity.

A 5 x 5 grid. The grid is covered in different marks. Thin diagonal lines, thicker lines. Shaded areas and sliver lines with circles and dots. The grid is drawn on graph paper. Beneath the grid : EKIV455Tt3314.1 Is written.

An other grid image this one is neater. It is more complex and larger. In essence it is a 10 x 10 grid. The grid consists of four 5 x 5 grids. The mark making uses, shading, diagonal lines thick and thin and the sliver lines with circles on them. In total there are 4 different types of marks used throughout the image.

Some examples of a visual code I've developed that is more complex than the hexcyphers.

I'd be impressed if anyone tried to work it out.
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So I've been taking 3 different approaches to the issue. Only one is worth developing further.

Using a blade I carve instead of drawing the designs.

The end result is too flat so I'm adding in my labyrinth idea.

I'll be working with this to work out the best way to realise it.

Taping up the hex cyphers is tedious. The paint gets chipped and scuffed when I need to remove the tape.
Invariably I'm underwhelmed by the end result.

I've been busy in the studio and also tired. Due to which I've forgotten to take photos of the happenings in the studio.

It's all technical researchy stuff. Not theory just trying things out to develop processes.

Woo!!!! Congratulations!!!

The process is quicker and allows for more textured marks.

There is still a need to work carefully but I'm supremely chuffed with the process.

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